Name of Institute or Center - Romberg Tiburon Center

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Name of Institute or Center - Romberg Tiburon Center
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
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RTC, San Francisco State University’s marine field station, is the
only academic research facility on San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco State University’s Research and Service Organization
Annual Report - October 2007
By Dr. Newell Garfield
Director and Professor of Geosciences
Romberg Tiburon Center For Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
Romberg Tiburon Center For Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
1. Brief summary of major activities during the past year.
Selected highlights from 2006-2007:
• Two searches were held to select a new Director for RTC. The second search was
successful and Dr. Newell Garfield was appointed Director of the Romberg Tiburon
Center for Environmental Studies in May 2007.
• Grant activity at RTC remains strong with 16 new grants being awarded in the sum of
$1.5 million.
• Major funded projects continue to bring significant acclaim and resources to SFSU—
CALFED (~500 K), NOAA use of HF radar (~230 K), and others.
• The phase III renovation of Building 36 with funding from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Marin Foundation and the Keck Foundation
was completed. The renovation provides facilities for the SF Bay NERR (National
Estuarine Research Reserve), two modern classrooms, two research laboratories, office
space for six faculty and administration offices.
• Nine acres of land, including 9 buildings, formerly owned and used by NOAA were
officially transfered to SFSU.
• The RTC seawater system underwent significant improvements that will allow more
utilization of seawater in research and teaching.
• 6 Students completed their Masters Degrees.
• Increased numbers of undergraduate and graduate students on site at RTC -- received
numerous prestigious awards such as the EPA Star Fellowship, Knauss Public Policy
Internship, NSF Teaching Fellowships, ARCS Fellowship and a host of internal
scholarships.
• Our Outreach Program remains successful with the hiring of a new Outreach and
Education Coordinator, Erin Blackwood.
The Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (RTC) is the marine research field
station of San Francisco State University and is located approximately 20 miles north of the
main campus on the Tiburon Peninsula. RTC is situated on a 34-acre waterfront parcel. The
physical facilities are comprised of the original six buildings: Building 36 - the main
research/laboratory facility and lease holders Weston Solutions, Inc.; Building 39 - the
administrative/teaching facility and lease holders Marin Biological Laboratory, Inc.;
Building 53 - the Bay Conference Center; Building 49 - the Marine/Technical Operations
Shops and the Art Department graduate student studios; Building 50 - the storage facility and
Anthropology archives; and Building 20 - the Guest Center. On the former NOAA parcel we
currently occupy Building 54 - the physiology and wetlands ecology laboratory, Building
74A – the postdoctoral associates offices, Building 74 - facilities headquarters and
boat/vehicle storage, Building 30 - faculty and student offices, and lease holders SERC, and
Taxon. RTC also owns several boats used for research including a 38' aluminum hulled
vessel, the R/V Questuary, a Twin V outboard, and a 16’ Boston Whaler.
Organization and Structure
Administrative responsibility for RTC resides at SFSU. RTC is administered by a Director
who answers directly to the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering (Dr. Sheldon
Axler), the Provost (Dr. John Gemello), and the President of the University (Dr. Robert
Corrigan). Dr. Newell Garfield served as Acting Director through April 2007 and was
appointed Director of RTC in May 2007. RTC's scientific staff consists of the Director, 6
other tenured or tenure-track faculty with appointments in home departments at SFSU, 7
research scientists, 1 professors emeritus, 7 postdoctoral associates, 18 visiting scientists, 16
research technicians, and an on-site staff of 21 persons. Two of our faculty members,
Stephen Bollens and Carlos Crocker left SFSU for positions at other institutions. Dr.
Michael Josselyn, Professor Emeritus, was also removed from the list of research scientists,
at his request, in that he no longer conducts research at SFSU. In AY 2006-2007 there were
41 graduate students, 17 undergraduate student assistant, 1 undergraduate intern, 10
undergraduate volunteers, 3 high school student volunteers, and 8 volunteers involved in
laboratory research.
The RTC campus is well suited to host organizations whose mission complements RTC
through student opportunities and intellectual collaboration. There is one SFSU entity and
three tenants on site.
The San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (SFB NERR) is a joint federalstate-local collaboration whose mission is to promote scientific research of the remaining
Bay wetlands for better management and successfully restoration these important habitats,
and so that citizens can enjoy a healthier Bay. The SFB NERR presently has two field sites,
China Camp State Park and Rush Ranch Open Space Reserve. The SFB NERR headquarters
is at RTC and all personnel are SFSU employees or students. The SFB NERR operating
budget is not included in the RTC RSO report. The research activity of the Director, Jaime
Kooser, and Research Coordinator, Drew Talley, are included in the grant reporting.
The three RTC tenants are the Marin Biologic, Smithsonian Institution Invasive Species
Program (SERC), and Taxon. These tenants are all laboratory based research operations
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whose missions enhance the activity on the campus. Their combined staffs resulted in 37
scientists and support staff on site. Their rental fees are included in the RTC income.
Goals and Objectives
The mission of the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies is to provide an
interdisciplinary understanding of complex marine and estuarine environments. RTC
scientists pursue research focused on questions regarding fundamental marine issues, train
the next generation of scientists, and provide knowledge that allows informed environmental
decision-making and stewardship.
The Romberg Tiburon Center strives to be recognized as a leading estuarine and coastal
academic institution on the West Coast of the United States of America. As the only marine
science teaching and research facility located on San Francisco Bay, the 2nd largest estuary in
the United States, our laboratory stretches from our doorstep to coastal environments all
around the world. RTC‘s goal is to provide modern innovative facilities and to secure the
resources to facilitate the scientific research necessary to comprehend and elucidate the
complex processes of estuarine and coastal marine environments. We endeavor to prepare the
next generation of scientists to carry on this critical work around the world through hands on
research under the direct mentorship of renowned university faculty. We are committed to
serving the urban population by imparting a means for the comprehensive knowledge and
appreciation of environmental issues, sustainability and stewardship.
Activities undertaken in areas of research, service, teaching to meet these goals and
objectives
Researchers, faculty and students study biodiversity, community ecology, ecological
physiology, evolutionary biology, microbiology, molecular biology, oceanography and
wetland ecology and restoration. RTC scientists are the recipients of numerous awards that
support this type of research, the findings of which are published in prestigious scientific
journals. RTC has emerged as a major player in establishing California cooperative science
programs including -- CALFED, an organization of California and Federal institutions and
agencies collaborating on San Francisco Bay and Delta environmental and conservation
issues, CICORE, the Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and Education;
CenCOOS, Central California Ocean Observing Systems, and COCMP Coastal Ocean
Currents Monitoring Program. The latter is a CA voter-approved system to monitor coastal
circulation in near real time.
RTC faculty and lecturers successfully accomplish their teaching mission both in their
laboratories and in the classroom. During AY 06-07 classes were conducted on site at RTC,
and faculty also taught courses on the main campus during this period as well. In the research
laboratories undergraduate students and graduate students worked on their research projects
under the direction of RTC scientists, with 6 completing their thesis this year. Students
regularly publish the results of their research and attend scientific meetings where they make
oral and poster research presentations.
RTC’s well-articulated educational outreach goals are met in a variety of ways. Summer
session classes at RTC are offered through the College of Extended Learning (CEL) and are
therefore, open to the community. RTC offers a Wetlands Science series of short courses
aimed at professional training in wetlands science and management. Project-based learning
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workshops are conducted on-site by RTC researchers for middle and high school teachers in
the fall and spring semesters. RTC researchers also gave presentations through out the year
at community organizations such as the Rotary Club of Tiburon, published articles in local
newspapers, and served as judges at county science fairs. In addition, RTC held its annual
open house event, Discovery Day, where the general public is invited on-site to interact with
scientists and learn more about RTC's research and teaching activities, attracting more than
1000 community members to the Center. The RTC Outreach Coordinator with the
assistance of both RTC graduate and undergraduate students are involved with outreach
activities including our Guest Scientist partnership with the Bay Area Discovery Museum,
Coastal Clean-up Day, and may other local and national environmental education events.
The solar installation on our Bay Conference Center, funded by foundation and private donor
dollars, exemplifies the goals of the Center and positions the university as an environmental
leader in the community. RTC utilizes the electricity generated to power the conference
center, as well as our electric vehicle, and we offer electric vehicle charging to the local
community at no cost.
Nature, Source and Amount of Funding
RTC received funding from several sources in FY 06-07. SFSU provided salary support
through the College of Science and Engineering budget for some of our faculty, lecturers and
administrative staff; the Bay Conference Center/Tiburon Properties account paid for their
supplies and expenses; and an SFSU special trust account provided the annual allocation for
the remaining staff salaries and operating expenses. Private donations received by RTC are
also held at the University Corporation, San Francisco State (SFSU Foundation) and in FY
06-07 these funds were used to support student travel and scholarship, facilities
improvements, and renovations; as well as a fee based fund at the Foundation for the R/V
Questuary which contributed to its operating expenses. Funding amounts including total
grant monies received by RTC PIs are shown below for fiscal years 2002 through 2007, and
the fiscal year budget is presented in items #8. There were 54 RTC active grants, 16 were
started during fiscal year 2006-2007. There were 6 NERR active grants and 2 were started
during fiscal year 2006-2007.
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RTC TOTAL REVENUES 2002-2007
Category
SFSU allocation
COSE Salary Support
COSE Supplies & Expense
SFSU Facilities Support/budget cuts
SFSU support subtotal
FY 02-03
$770,529
$417,644
$0
$0
$1,188,173
FY 03-04
$1,053,148
$473,314
$0
$0
$1,526,462
FY 04-05
$1,167,133
$474,706
$-21,041
$0
$1,620,798
FY 05-06
$1,190,472
$478,749
$0
$0
$1,669,221
FY 06-07
$1,350,020
$516,379
$0
$0
$1,866,399
BCC/Tiburon Properties Revenue
Questuary Revenue
RRT, Chargebacks, Refunds
Other Subtotal
$191,363
$28,950
N/A
$220,313
$196,076
$22,409
$11,777
$230,262
$199,703
$25,000
$25,000
$249,703
$203,690
$54,491
$79,994
$338,175
$168,211
$59,137
$260,252
$487,600
Private Donations
Private Foundation Awards
Donations & Awards Subtotal
$97,307
$859,000
$956,307
$31,995
$5,000
$36,995
$60,500
$150,000
$210,500
$150,328
$0
$150,328
$42,067
$445,000
$487,067
$2,364,793
$1,793,719
$2,081,001
$2,157,724
$2,841,066
TOTAL REVENUE
GRANT AWARD SUMMARY 2002-2007
Category
RTC Grants Awarded per Fiscal
Year
RTC Awards Granted per Fiscal
Year
RTC Expenses against all Active
Grants
RTC Indirect Costs Generated
Against all Active Grants
NERR Grants Awarded per Fiscal
Year
NERR Awards Granted per Fiscal
Year
NERR Expenses against all active
Grants
NERR Indirect Costs Generated
Against all Active Grants
FY 02-03
7
FY 03-04
19
FY 04-05
13
FY 05-06
14
FY 06-07
$1,099,966
$6,550,167
$10,232,682
$3,011,675
$1,473,921
N/A
N/A
2,786,092
$4,589,923
$5,125,673
$832,493
$737,365
$672,446
$824,813
$733,178
N/A
N/A
2
2
3
N/A
N/A
$534,000
$465,000
$209,375
N/A
N/A
$352,230
$2,070,581
$1,029,303
N/A
N/A
$5,614
$68,705
$146,844
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SUMMARY OF APPENDED DATA
81
52
2004-2005
Total Number
101
127
592
713
562
480
79
87
76
30
26
26
17
12
2
0
18
19
21
19
15
Postdoctoral Associates
8
6
4
6
7
Visiting Scientists
2
1
6
12
18
Research Technicians
37
27
25
18
16
Graduate Students
(includes art students)
53
35
38
50
41
Student Assistants/Undergrads
1
7
13
6
17
Interns/Undergraduates
4
7
4
0
1
10
8
3
8
10
Volunteers
3
5
10
12
8
High School Students
7
3
3
3
3
10
14
13
23
21
54
61
70
83
89
Category
RTC enrollments
Campus enrollments for RTC
faculty
Peer reviewed publications
Non peer reviewed
publications
Resident PhD level scientists
Volunteers/Undergraduates
Staff
Theses Completed by
RTC Students (total to date)
2002-2003
Total Number
2003-2004
Total Number
2005-2006
Total Number
76
2006-2007
Total Number
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2. Names, titles, and organizational affiliations of persons serving on the
RSO's advisory committee.
ROMBERG TIBURON CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2006-2007
Chairman of the Board: Hank Broderick
Vice Chairman: Bob Ohrenschall
Executive Secretary: Dr. Sheldon Axler
Director: Dr. Newell Garfield
Name/E-mail
Committee Assignment
Howard Allen
Advancement Committee
Affiliation/Business
Belvedere Land Company
Scott Anderson
Facilities Committee
City of Tiburon
William Atchley, M.D.
Education Committee
Retired Physician
Sheldon Axler, Ph.D.
Advancement Committee
San Francisco State University
George Brewster
Nominating Committee
Kiwi Properties
Henry “Hank Broderick
Government Affairs Committee
Retired Marin Co. Superior
Court Judge
Dr. Margaret “Meg” Burke
Education Committee
California Academy of Sciences
Margaret A. Elliot
Educational Committee
College of Marin
Dr. Terrence Gosliner
Education Committee
California Academy of Sciences
Robert Heller
Advancement Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Dr. Millie Hughes-Fulford
Education Committee
Medical Principal Investigator
Retired NASA Astronaut
Russell D. Keil, Jr.
Advancement Committee
Keil Estate Management Co.
Dr. James Kelley
Education Committee
Retired SFSU College of Science &
Engineering Dean
Michael W. Keran, Ph.D.
Intermittent Economic Advisor
John H. Kern
Facilities Support
Professional Engineer
Don Lollock
Nominating Committee
BCDC/Retired from California
Department of Fish and Game
Dr. John Northwood
Education Committee
Northwood and Associates
Geophysicist
Robert Ohrenschall
Advancement Committee
Emeritus Addison Design (formerly
Soyster & Ohrenschall, Inc.
Dr. Mark D. Reynolds
Government Affairs Committee
The Nature Conservancy
Ann Stephens
Nominating Committee
Compton Foundation
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Dr. Ed Ueber
Education Committee
Gulf of the Farallones/Cordell Bank
Effie Westervelt
Advancement Committee
James G. Wilson, AIA
Facilities Support
Architect (AIA)/Professional
Engineer
Erin Blackwood
Ex-Officio
RTC Outreach Coordinator
Dr. Toby Garfield
Ex-Officio
Director RTC
Professor of Geology/SFSU
Stephanie Kiriakopolos
Ex-Officio
RTC Student Assoc. Rep
Dr. Jaime Kooser
Ex-Officio
Director SF Bay NERR
Adria O’Dea
Ex-Officio
RTC Marketing Coordinator
(former RTC Outreach Coordinator)
Raman Paul
Ex-Officio
RTC Administrative Coordinator
Alissa Arp, Ph.D.
Honorary Board Member
Sarane Bowen
Honorary Board Member
(Former Director Romberg Tiburon
Center)
Retired SFSU Professor
Randy Brown
Honorary Board Member
Retired Scientist, DWR
William Davoren
Honorary Board Member
Retired Bay Institute
Phyllis Faber
Honorary Board Member
Botanist
Marty Griffin
Honorary Board Member
Physician
Bettina Hughes
Honorary Board Member
Educator
Gabriella Isaacson
Honorary Board Member
Mike Josselyn
Honorary Board Member
Retired SFSU Professor/Consultant
Doug McConnell
Honorary Board Member
Bay Area Backroads
John McCosker
Honorary Board Member
California Academy of Sciences
Betsey Scarborough
Honorary Board Member
John Silcox
Honorary Board Member
Dr. Thomas Spencer
Honorary Board Member
David Werdegar
Honorary Board Member
SFSU Professor of Psychology
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3. Names of faculty members actively engaged in the RSO's research and
scholarly and creative activities or its supervision.
Roger Bland, Physicist; studies underwater acoustical monitoring using sonar signals to measure water
temperature and current speed circulation patterns in SF Bay.
Katharyn E. Boyer, Wetland and Coastal Community Ecologist; studies the role of species interactions in
ecosystem functioning, invasive species, nutrient dynamics, and restoration in wetland and seagrass systems.
Edward J. Carpenter, Biological Oceanographer; studies the ecology of marine phytoplankton, particularly
cyanobacteria, and factors affecting primary productivity, phytoplankton species composition, and nutrient
cycling in the sea..
William P. Cochlan, Marine Microbial Ecologist/Biological Oceanographer; studies the physiology and
ecology of phytoplankton and bacteria, including Harmful Algal
Blooms (HABs).
Sarah Cohen, Ecological Evolutionary Biologist and Population Geneticist; studies connectivity of marine
populations, human impacts on aquatic systems, immunogenetics and recognition systems.
Richard C. Dugdale, Biological Oceanographer; studies distributions and effects of nutrients on oceanic
productivity in estuarine, coastal, and equatorial upwelling areas.
Patricia G. Foschi, (Emeritus) Remote Sensing Specialist and Physical Geographer; integrates remote
sensing, GIS and data mining for wetland monitoring and management applications.
Newell Garfield, Physical Oceanographer; studies oceanic circulation in coastal regions and over continental
margins using remote sensing and free-drifting buoy technologies.
Wim Kimmerer, Biological Oceanographer; studies growth and predation processes in zooplankton, computer
modeling of ecological systems, and analysis of human impacts on estuarine and marine ecosystems.
Tomoko Komada, Biogeochemist; studies the dynamics of organic matter in marine and freshwater systems,
with focus on the factors affecting the long-term organic carbon cycle.
Jaime C. Kooser, Resource Geographer; manages the SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve with a
focus on tidal marsh restoration, using science to inform coastal resource management decisions, and studying
the relationship between land use and water quality.
Dale Robinson, Phytoplankton Ecologist and Physiologist; examines changes in ocean productivity and
photosynthesis that result from variations in the physical environment.
Jonathon H. Stillman, Marine Ecological Physiologist; studies adaptations of marine organisms to
environmental stress, including temperature stress and the effects of climate change.
Drew Talley, Biological Oceanographer; as Research Coordinator of the San Francisco Bay NERR, studies the
influence of habitat connectivity on wetland and coastal community structure and function, focusing on
conservation and restoration importance.
Frances P. Wilkerson, Marine biologist/Biological Oceanographer; studies the rate of phytoplankton in
nitrogen cycling in coastal and estuarine ecosystems with a focus on diatom ecology.
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4. Visiting Scientists who actively worked at RTC during the AY 2006/2007
with faculty members or senior research scientists.
Kelly Agnew, Hendrix College – Estuarine Fish Evolution
Adam Baines. University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Daniel Barshis, University of Hawaii – Ecological Physiology Research
Andrew Bishop, University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Jesse Campbell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science – Wetland Ecology Research
Andrew Chang, University of California, Davis – Invasive Species Research
Risa Cohen, Georgia Southern University - Marine Microbiology Research
Kelly Lee, Smithsonian Institute – Invasive Species Research
George McManus, University of Connecticut – Delta Smelt Foodweb Research
Lisa Pickell, University of Maine – Marine Microbiology/Oceanography Research
Aileen Ponio, University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Gregory Ruiz, Smithsonian Institute - Invasive Species Studies Research
Kate Selting, University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Ginger Shoemaker, University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Erin Spear, University of Washington – Wetland Ecology Research
Heidi Weiskel, University of California, Davis – Wetland Ecology Research
Christine Whitcraft, California State University, Long Beach – Wetland Ecology Research
Joanna York, University of Connecticut – Delta Smelt Foodweb Research
5. Names of undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral
fellows, research technicians, student assistants, interns,
volunteers, and administration and facilities staff directly
contributing to the unit who are on the unit's payroll, participate
through assistantships, fellowships, or traineeships, or are
otherwise involved in the unit's work.
Staff Member
Dr. Alex Parker
Al Marchi
Victoria Hogue
Laila Barada
James Fuller
Amy Kleckner
Kevin Lew
Charles Buhler
Christopher Grace
Courtney Scott
Jonathon Polly
Mark Anderson
Corin Dorfmeier
Ramiz Mogannam
Yvonne Mak
Status
Post Doc
Research Technician
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
High School Student
Volunteer
Volunteer
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Research Field/Role
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Bio Oceanography/Phytoplankton
Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
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Yanni Zhou
Catherine Cassou
Dr. Abderrahmane Tagmount
Jane Winhall-Rice
Eric Galassi
Joanna Lipinski-Krusaka
Beth Moore
Diana Baldwin
Andrea Cayenne
Annupama Sharma
Morrigan Shaw
Uriah Giles
Eddy Mazmanian
Jenna Rais
Claudia Tomas
Dr. Keun-Hyung Choi
Dr. Karen Edwards
Dr. Lindsay Sullivan
Toni Ignoffo
Mary Helen Nicolini
Anne Slaughter
Allegra Briggs
John Durnad
Alison Gould
Laurie Kara
Renny Talianchich
Dr. Sheng Liu
Joelle Tirindelli
Shaun Baesman
Jeana Drake
Ulrika Lidstrom
Jennifer O’Brien
Jennifer Yorty
Chris Ikeda
Julian Herndon
Maureen Auro
Brian Bill
Regina Radan
Julia Betts
Mayra Flores
Rachel Townsend
Dr. Brian Ort
Karen Alroy
Esa Crumb
Molly Klein-McDowell
Joelle Tirindelli
Verena Wang
Julie Day
Jessica Donald
Summer Morrisson
Amelia Rodelo
Valerie Green
Patrick Lee
Kelley O’Dea
Jonathon Lew
Ritchelle Quiambao
Ashley Smith
High School Student
Volunteer
Post Doc
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Volunteer
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Post Doc
Post Doc
Post Doc
Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Post Doc
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Post Doc
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Chemical Oceanography
Chemical Oceanography
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Eco Physiology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Estuarine Zooplankton Ecology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Microbiology/Oceanography
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Marine Ecology and Evolution
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Justin Marx
Dwight Peterson
Jonathan Brown
Aimee Good
Krista Kamer
Regan Long
Jim Pettigrew
Chris Raleigh
Laura Reynolds
Brittany Huntington
Lindsey Carr
Brittany Huntington
Stephanie Kiriakopolos
Anya Perron-Burdick
Amelia Ryan
Bianca Dailey
Gavin Archbald
Nishad Patel
Gwen Santos
Alexis Fisher
Erin Blackwood
Doreen Britton
Jose Flores
Dinh Ho
Dennis Huggins
Gary, Ingerson
Bill Johnson
Brita Larsson
David Bell
David Morgan
Adria O’Dea
Raman Paul
Chanh Rattana
Karyn Scurti
Diana Sanders
Jennifer Beggs
Nicole Christiansen
Sarah Davies
Laurie Kara
Lara Martin
Marina Psaros
Jessica Schneider
High School Student
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Research Technician/Program
Coordinator
Program & Outreach Coordinator
Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician/Equipment
Specialist
Research Technician
Research Technician
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Intern/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Student Assistant/Undergraduate
Volunteer/Undergraduate
Outreach Coordinator
Financial Coordinator
BCC Support/Janitor
Information Technology
Maintenance Supervisor
Facilities Project Supervisor
Janitor
Laboratory Coordinator
Marine Superintendent.
Marine Operations Mgr.
Outreach Coordinator
Administrative Coordinator
Building Maintenance/BCC
Events/BCC Coordinator
Volunteer
Administrative Coordinator
SWAMP Coordinator
Education Coordinator
Administrative Coordinator
Monitoring Technician
Coastal Training Program Coord.
SWAMP Coordinator
Marine Ecology and Evolution
Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography/COCMP
Physical Oceanography/
COCMP/CICORE
Physical Oceanography/COCMP
Physical Oceanography/COCMP
Physical Oceanography/CICORE
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Wetlands Ecology
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
SF Bay NERR
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Male and female breakdown and ethnic make up of the Romberg Tiburon Center staff listed above.
African
Native
Groups
#
Male Female White American Asian Hispanic American
Ph.D.
15
9
6
14
1
Post Doc
7
5
2
5
2
Visit
18
6
12
16
1
1
Scientists
Research
5
11
15
1
Technicians 16
Grad
31*
7
24
27
2.5
1
.5
Students
Student
Asst./
Undergrads
17
4
13
9.5
1.5
2
2
2
Intern/
Undergrad
1
1
.5
.5
Volunteer/
10
3
7
5
3
1.5
.5
Undergrads
Volunteer
8
3
5
5
1
1
1
High
School
3
2
1
2
1
Student
Staff
21
9
12
15
1
3
1
1
Totals
147
53
94
113.5
3.5
16.5
9
4.5
* Art Department Students are not included. Ethnicity data is not requested of these students.
Pacific
Island
0
The SFSU Art Department utilizes one floor in Building 49 and three research groups lease laboratory and
office space at the Romberg Tiburon Center. The names of these students and researchers and their staff are
listed below along with their affiliations.
Dawn Marie Forsyth
Bradley Hyppa
Antonios Kosmadakis
Emily McLeod
Benjamin Meyer
Michael Namkung
Elizabeth Rossof
Anthony Ryan
Chano Uribe
Allison Watkins
Chela Zabin
Christopher Brown
Jelle Faber
Basma Mohammad
Safra Altman
Sarikka Attoe
Scott Bodensteiner
Susanne Brander
Debbie Collins
Francesca Innocenti
Debbie Marcal
Jenner McCloskey
Rod Millward
Arron Riutta
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Program Manager
Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
Visiting Scientist
Visiting Scientist
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Art Department
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Smithsonian (SERC)/Invasive Species
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
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Paul Ward
Matt Zinkel
Tom Caudle
Matt Krueger
Heather Martin
Kirsten Fletcher
Lou Gavino
Tricia Lively
Tien Nguyen
Carol Peplinski
Peter Ralph
James Salach
Krystal Sanzda
Ben Schooler
Melissa Wong
Valerie Zacny
Matt Ashby
Kimererly Cook
Dago Dimster-Denk
Ulrika Lidstrom
Patrick Mulroy
Melena Price
Savanna Baker-Leyva
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Analyst
IT Specialist
Research Scientist
Accountant
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Office Manager
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Research Scientist
Student Assistant
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Weston Solutions/Toxicology/Bioassay
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
Marin Biologic Inc./Cancer Research
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
TAXON/Microbial Diversity
6. Extent of student and faculty participation from other CSU campuses or
universities and extent of participation by industry and non-governmental
organizations
Names and Affiliations of Off Campus Co-Principal Investigators
David Ainley, H.T. Harvey & Associates
Jim Anderson, University of Washington
Paul Angermeier, Virginia. Tech
Anna Armitage, Texas A & M at Galveston
Barney Balch, Bigelow Marine Laboratory
Richard Barber, Duke University
Natasha Belfiore, University of California, Berkley
Bill Bennett, University of California, Davis
Birgitta Bergman, Botanical Institute, Stockholm University
Chuck Birkland, University of Hawaii
Paul Bissett, Florida Environmental Research Institute
Alexander Bochdansky, Old Dominion
Loo Botsford, University of California, Davis
John Bruno, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark Brzezinski, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ann Bucklin, University of Connecticut
J.R. Burau, United States Geologic Survey
David Burdige, Old Dominion University
Douglas Capone Wrigley Institute for Environmental Science, University of Southern California
John Colburne, Indiana University
Craig Cary, University of Delaware
Fei Chai, University of Maine
Denise Champlin, NHEERL EPA
Jim Cloern, United States Geologic Survey
Kenneth Coale, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
Victoria Coles, University of Maryland
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Laurie Connell, University of Maine
Curt Collins, Naval Postgraduate School
Allegra Congelosi, NEMWI
Michael Conner, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Jeff Cordell, University of Washington
Mitchell Craig, California State University East Bay
Greg Crawford, Humboldt State University
Jeff Crooks, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Carolyn Currin, NOAA/NOS, Beaufort, North Carolina
Susan de la Cruz, U.S. Geological Survey
Ed Dever, Oregon State University
Claudio DiBacco, Dalhousie University
Clive Dorman, University of California, San Diego
Ellen Druffel, University of California, Irvine
Robert Dudley, University of California, Berkeley
J. Emmett Duffy, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Rusty Fairey, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
Peggy Fong, University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Fonseca, NOAA/NOS, Beaufort, North Carolina
Mike Foreman, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada DFO
John Gaskin, US Department of Agriculture
Patricia Gilbert, University of Maryland
Marta Gomez-Chiarri, University of Rhode Island
Ed Gross, Bay Modeling
Mark Hahn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Allan Hastings, University of California, Davis
M. Healey, University of British Columbia
Sharon Herzka, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Barbara Hickey, University of Washington
J.T. Hollibaugh, University of Georgia
Raleigh Hood, University of Maryland
Margaret Hughes, University of California, Santa Cruz
Silvia Ibarra Obando, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Zachary Hymanson, Department of Water Resources
Seibel Karchner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Heather Kerkering, Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
Noah Knowles, United States Geologic Survey, Menlo Park
G.M. Kondolf, University of California Berkeley
Raphael Kudela, University of California, Santa Cruz
Isao Kudo, Hokkaido University
Dietmer Kultz, University of California, Davis
Rikk Kvitek, California State University Monterey Bay
Mike Landry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
John Largier, University of California, Davis
Evelyn Lessard, University of Washington
Lisa Levin, Scripps Oceanographic Institute
Erika Lindqvist, Joint Genome Institute
Erica McFee-Shaw, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
George McManus, University of Connecticut
Monica Medina, University of California, Merced
Eric Mellink, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada
Mark Moline, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Stephen Monismith, Stanford University
Joe Montoya, University of Georgia
Jeff Mount, University of California, Davis
Peter Moyle, University of California, Davis
Diane Nacci, NHEERL EPA
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Karina Nielson, Sonoma State University
David Nelson, Oregon State University
Peggy Olofson, Coastal Conservancy
Jeff Paduan, Naval Postgraduate School
Stephen Palumbi, Stanford University
Angela Pena, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada DFO
Rick Pieper, California State University Long Beach
Mark Page, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stephen Ramp, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Betsey Real, California State University, San Marcos
Denise Reed, University New Orleans
Don Reed, San Jose State University
Jeff Robinson, Humboldt Bay Harbor District
Jan Roletto, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Kenny Rose, Louisiana State University
Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Ted Smayda, University of Rhode Island
Frank Shaughnessy, Humboldt State University
Jonathon Sharp, University of Delaware
Rebecca Shipe, University of California, Los Angeles
Geroge Somero, Stanford University
Robert Spies, Applied Marine Sciences
M.T. Stacey, University of California, Berkeley
Ajit Subramaniam, LDEO
Sheh May Tam, University of California, Davis
Misaki Takabayashi, University of Hawaii
Shigenobu Takeda, University of Tokyo
Janet Thompson, United States Geologic Survey
Rick Thomson, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada DFO
Robert Toonen, University of Hawaii
Theresa Talley, University of California, Davis
Vera Trainer, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
Paul Treguer, University of Brest
Chuck Trees, San Diego State University
Charles Trick, University of Western Ontario
Atsushi Tsuda, Ocenat Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Mark Wells, University of Maine, University of California, Santa Cruz
Christine Whitcraft, California State University, Long Beach
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, University of Washington
Dick Zimmerman, Old Dominion University
7. List of publications developed by the unit, including books, journal
articles, and reports and reprints issued under its own covers, showing
author and title.
Peer-Reviewed Publications by RTC Research Scientists: 2006-2007
Armitage, A. R., K. E. Boyer, R. R. Vance, and R. F. Ambrose. 2006. Restoring assemblages of salt marsh
halophytes in the presence of a rapidly colonizing dominant species. Wetlands 26(3):667-676.
Bouley, P.B. and W.J. Kimmerer. 2006. Ecology of a highly abundant, introduced cyclopoid copepod in a
temperate estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 324:219-228.
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Dugdale, R.C., F.P. Wilkerson, V.Hogue. and A.Marchi . 2006. Nutrient controls on new production in the Bodega
Bay, California, coastal upwelling plume. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 3049-3062.
Fisler, S. and Talley, D.M. 2006. “Sea” the future of science: combining research, education, and outreach in Baja
California. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 22(1): 2-8.
Foster, R.A., E.J. Carpenter & B. Bergman. 2006. Unicellular cyanobionts in open ocean dinoflagellates,
radiolarians and tintinnids: ultrastructural characterization and immuno-localization of nitrogenase and
phycoerythrin. J. Phycol. 42:453-463.
Foster, R.A., J.L. Collier & E.J. Carpenter. 2006. Reverse transcription-PCR amplification of cyanobacterial
symbiont 16S rRNA sequences from single non-photosynthetic eukaryotic marine planktonic host cells. J.
Phycol. 42:243-250.
Gross, E.S., M.L. MacWilliams, and W. Kimmerer. 2006. Simulating Periodic Stratification in San Francisco Bay.
Proceedings of the Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, ASCE, pp.155-175.
Hickey, B., A. MacFadyen, W.P. Cochlan, R.M. Kudela, K. Bruland, and C.R. Trick. 2006. Evolution of water
column physical, chemical and biological properties in the Pacific Northwest following the delayed onset of
local upwelling. Geophys. Res Lett. 33: L22S02.
Kimmerer, W.J. 2006. Response of anchovies dampens foodweb responses to an invasive bivalve (Corbula
amurensis) in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 324:207-218.
Kudela, R.M., W.P. Cochlan, T.D. Peterson, and C.G. Trick. 2006. Impacts on Phytoplankton Biomass and
Productivity in the Pacific Northwest During the Warm Ocean Conditions of 2005. Geophys. Res Lett. 33:
L22S06.
Lassiter, A.M, F. Wilkerson, R.Dugdale and V. Hogue. 2006. Functional phytoplankton groups in the CoOP_West
upwelling region: the Chaeteoceros complex. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 3063-3077.
Largier J.L, C.A Lawrence, M. Roughan, D.M. Kaplan, E.P. Dever, C.E. Dorman, R.M. Kudela, S.M Bollens, F.P.
Wilkerson, R.C. Dugdale, L.W. Botsford, N Garfield, B. Kuebel-Cervantes, D. Koracin. 2006. WEST: a
northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton
communities. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 2833-2849.
Stillman, J. H., K. S. Teranishi, A. Tagmount, E. A. Lindquist and P. B. Brokstein (2006). "Construction and
characterization of EST libraries from the porcelain crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes." Integrative and Comparative
Biology 46(6): 919-930.
Talley, D.M., Huxel, G.R., and Holyoak, M. 2006. Habitat Connectivity at the Land-Water Interface. In: Sanjayan,
M. and Crooks, K. [Eds], Connectivity in Conservation. Cambridge University Press.
Wilkerson, F.P. R.C. Dugdale, A. Marchi, V. Hogue, A. Lassiter. 2006. The phytoplankton bloom response to wind
events and upwelled nutrients during the CoOP-WEST study. Deep-Sea Research II 53: 3023-3048
Armstrong Howard, M.D., W.P. Cochlan, N.C. Ladizinsky, and R.M. Kudela. 2007. Nitrogenous preference of
toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) from field and laboratory experiments. Harmful Algae
6: 206-217.
Dugdale, R.C., F. P. Wilkerson, F.Chai, R. Feely. 2007 Size fractionated nitrogen uptake measurements in the
Equatorial Pacific and confirmation of the low Si-high nitrate low chlorophyll condition. Global
Biogochemical Cycles, 21, No2 GB2005, doi: 10:1029/2006GB002722
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Eberl, R. & E.J. Carpenter. 2007. Macrosetella gracilis (Harpacticoida) uses the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
spp. as a floating substrate but not as a major food source. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333:205-212.
Eberl, R., S. Cohen, F. Cipriano, and E.J. Carpenter. 2007. Genetic diversity and population structure of the pelagic
harpacticoid copepod Macrosetella gracilis on rafts of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
spp. Aquatic Biology 1:33-43.
Foster, R.A., D.G. Capone, E.J. Carpenter, C. Mahaffey, A. Subramaniam, & J.P. Zehr. 2007. Influence of the
Amazon River plume on free-living and symbiotic cyanobacteria in the Western Tropical North Atlantic
Ocean. Limnol. & Oceanogr 52:517-532.
Herndon, J., and W.P. Cochlan. 2007. Nitrogen utilization by the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: growth and
uptake kinetics in laboratory cultures. Harmful Algae 6: 260-270.
Kimmerer, W.J., A.G. Hirst, R.R. Hopcroft, and A.D. McKinnon. 2007. Measurement of juvenile copepod growth
rates: corrections, inter-comparisons and recommendations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 336:187-202.
Shipe, R. F., E.J. Carpenter S. Govil, and D.G. Capone. 2007. Limitation of phytoplankton production by Si and N
in the western Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338:33-45.
Sommer, T., C. Armor, R. Baxter, R. Breuer, L. Brown, M. Chotkowski, S. Culberson, F. Feyrer, M. Gingras, B.
Herbold, W. Kimmerer, A. Mueller-Solger, M. Nobriga, and K. Souza. 2007. The collapse of pelagic fishes
in the upper San Francisco Estuary. Fisheries 32(6):270-277.
Teranishi, K. S. and J. H. Stillman (2007). "A cDNA microarray analysis of the response to heat stress in
hepatopancreas tissue of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Part D Genomics & Proteomics 2(1): 53-62.
Trainer, V.L., W.P. Cochlan, A. Erickson, B.D. Bill, F.H. Cox, J.A. Borchert and K.A. Lefebvre. 2007. Recent
domoic acid closures of shellfish harvest areas in Washington State inland waterways. Harmful Algae 6: 449459.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications By RTC Research Scientists: 2006-2007
None Reported
.
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8. Sources and amounts of income including contracts and grants, gifts,
University support, service agreements, and income from other services
and expenditures from all sources of support funds, distinguishing use of
funds for administrative support, direct research and other specified uses.
RTC OPERATING BUDGET Fiscal Year 2006-2007
Revenue:
Actuals
University Allocation
Other Earned Income
Bay Conference Center (BCC) & Ohrenschall Guest Center (OGC)
Property Leases
RRT
Research Vessels
Chargeback, Refunds
Total Revenues
$ 1,350,020
$
63,953
$ 104,258
$ 180,561
$
59,137
$
79,691
$ 1,837,620
Expenses:
Salaries Paid by RTC Allocation
Benefits Paid by RTC Allocation
Administrative Fees Paid to SFSU
Administrative Fees Paid to SFSUFI
BCC & OGC Expenses
Marine Operations (Questuary, Insurance, etc)
Telephones (Campus, Centrex, Cell)
Utilities ( sec, garbage, water, pest, elec, etc.)
Vehicles (Gas/service/leases)
Start-Up (Boyer, Cohen, Komada, Stillman, Carpenter)
Matching Funds to Grants
Services, Supplies, Equipment, Post, Print, PCs, P-cards
Facilites - Maint/Repair/tools, etc
Lab/Safety/Health - Services, Equipment, Furniture
Site Engineering and maintenance
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Total Expenses
518,690
168,531
13,192
37,797
52,459
198,765
55,157
82,552
37,962
86,781
16,035
253,852
30,357
29,202
81,975
$ 1,663,307
Net Surplus (Deficit)
$174,313
(1) Does not include General Fund Salaries and benefits paid by COSE
(1) Does include Unbudgeted salaries and benefits for 1/2 year for 4 research faculty
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9. Description, location, and amount of space currently occupied at the
Romberg Tiburon Center.
Building
Building
Number
Name
20
Ohrenschall Guest
Center
Square Area to be
Footage Occupied
3,600
All
Residence
Usage
Occupants
Visitors
36
Research Center
27,200
All
Research Laboratories, Offices, RTC, NERR & Lease to
Meeting Rooms, Classrooms, & Weston Solutions Inc.
(4976 sq ft or 18%)
Rental Space
39
Administration
Office
7,080
All
Offices, Classrooms, & Rental RTC, NERR, & Lease
Space
to Marin Biologic Lab
(1920 sq ft or 27%)
49
Maintenance
Shop/Marine
Operations
16,925
All
Facilities, Marine Operations,
Offices & Art Department
Student Studios
RTC & SFSU
50
Storage
16,925
All
Storage, Laboratory &
Anthropology Department
Archives
RTC & SFSU
53
Bay Conference
Center/
Residence
7,700
All
Conference Center, Office &
Caretaker Apt
RTC & Conference
Rentals
30
Galley/
Admin Office
8453
All
Offices, Meeting Rooms, &
Laboratories
RTC & Lease to Taxon
(1,278 sq ft or 15%) &
SERC (460 sq ft or 5%)
54
Physiology
Laboratory
7600
All
Offices & Research
Laboratories
RTC/Lease - Lobster
Farms International Inc.
(396 sq ft or 5%)
74
Vehicle Warehouse
2000
All
Boat & Vehicle Storage &
Office
RTC
Offices
648
All
Offices
RTC
86
Central Warehouse
Unoccupied buildings
11,000
All
Storage
Proposed Usage
NOAA
74A
11
Caretaker Residence
2705
All
Residence
RTC
21
Machine Shop
3780
All
Marine Operations
RTC
22
Blacksmith Shop/
Carpentry Shop
3644
All
Marine Operations/Museum
RTC
33
Rockfish Research
Laboratory
4018
All
Student Dormitory
RTC
37
Dispensary
2000
All
Student Dormitory
RTC
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10. Any other information deemed relevant to documentation of an RSO’s
achievements
A. CURRENT AWARDS
RTC GRANTS
Research Scientist
Alissa Arp
w/ Cochlan
Stephen Bollens
w/ 4 co-PIs
Funding Source/
Award Duration (yrs)
NSF
9/15/02-8/1/07
SF Bay and Conservation
and Development
Commission
5/5/04-6/30/06
U.S. Department of
Education
10/1/04-9/30-06
CALFED
1/1/03-12/31/06
Katharyn Boyer
NOAA
3/1/06-2/28/07
w/2 co-PIs
NOAA/CICEET
9/1/05-8/31/08
w/2 co-PIs
CA Coastal Conservancy
4/1/06 – 4/1/08
Edward
Carpenter
Sarah Cohen
w/ 4 Co-PIs
U.S. EPA
9/1/04-8/31/06
Coastal Conservancy
8/1/06-2/28/07
NOAA
6/1/07-9/30/07
NSF
1/26/03-6/30/07
NSF
1/1/04-6/30/07
CALFED
1/1/03-12/31/06
CALFED
4/16/07-4/15/10
CBDA
1/1/06-12/31/08
NSF
11/1/04-10/31/08
NSF
11/1/04-10/31/08
CA State Coastal
Conservancy
4/1/06-4/1/08
NOAA/University of
New Hampshire
9/1/05 – 8/31/08
Proposal Title
My Place by the Bay (subcontract with
the Bay Area Discovery Museum)
SF Bay NERR HQ Water Development
Expenses Against
Grants
$0
$10,075
Special MSEIP: Project Transquest: A
Field Experience for Minority Students
$0
Integrated Regional Wetlands
Monitoring: II: Fishes, Invertebrates,
Primary Production and Nutrients
Restoring the Seagrass, Zostera marina
L. in San Francisco Bay: Experimental
Evaluation of a Seeding Technique
Evaluating Buoy-Deployed Seeding for
Restoration of Eelgrass (Zostera
marina) in San Francisco Bay
Monitoring and Experimentation to
Support Eelgrass Restoration in San
Francisco Bay
EPA STAR Fellowship FY06/07
(Brittany Huntington)
Aquarium Evaluation
$150,401
Test Plots Eelgrass Restoration
Bio-complexity Collaborative Research:
N2 Fixation & Global Climate
Bio-complexity Collaborative Research
IRWM Program
Bad Suisun
$36,440
$96,563
$43,640
$6,035
$20,812
$0
$32,335
$40,682
$631
$0
Foodweb Support for the Threatened
Delta Smelt
Genetic Data Collection Capability for
the Romberg Tiburon Center
C/S Genetics Data Collection
$47,572
Eelgrass Planning
$10,233
NOAA CICEET
$7,417
$3,217
$11,621
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William Cochlan
NOAA
7/1/06-6/30/08
SFSU
7/1/06-6/30/08
NOAA/NSF
10/1/03-11/30/07
U.S. Dept. of Energy
8/14/04-8/14/07
Richard Dugdale
w/ Wilkerson
Trish Foschi
w/3 PI’s
Newell Garfield
NSF- Chemical Ocean
7/1/03-6/30/07
Bay Model Association
8/1/06-7/31/08
NSF-CoOP
11/1/03-10/31/06
NSF-BE
12/1/03-11/30/07
USC Sea Grant
3/1/05-2/28/07
CALFED
1/1/03-12/31/06
CBDA
1/1/06-12/31/08
CALFED
11/1/06-10/31/08
CALFED
4/16/07-4/15/10
CALFED Ecosystem
Restoration Program
11/1/03-2/29/08
California Integrated
Waste Management
Board
6/1/06-5/15/08
CDFG
6/1/04-3/31/07
University of New
Hampshire
1/1/07-12/31/08
CA Coastal Conservancy
11/15/04-3/15/09
Wim Kimmerer
CALFED
10/1/01-3/31/07
CALFED
2/2/04-12/31/07
CALFED
2/2/04-12/31/07
Spread of Invasive Botryllids
Match for Spread of Invasive Botryllids
21,308
$0
ECOHAB PNW: The Ecology and
Oceanography of Toxic Pseudonitzschia in the Northeast Pacific
The Effects of Fe(III)-Complexing
Ligands on the Long-Term Ecosystem
Response to Iron Enrichment of HNLC
Waters
Collaborative Research: The Effect of
Iron-Complexing Ligands
B-WET
$154,532
CoOP The Role of Wind-driven
Transport in Shelf Productivity
Bio-Complexity: Plankton Dynamics and
Carbon Cycling in the Equatorial
Pacific
Impact Of Anthropogenic Ammonium on
Primary Production
IRWM Program
$10,557
Foodweb Support for the Threatened
Delta Smelt
Sea Grant (Alex Parker)
$86,365
Bad Suisun
$17,887
$69,418
$2,938
$71,536
$0
$12,945
43,501
$5,957
Effects of climate variability and change
on the vegetation and hydrology of the
Bay-Delta watershed
Satellite remote sensing of Waste Tires
$66,632
Integration of Satellite Imagery with
Surface Current Mapping Radar in
Near Real Time- Ocean Imaging
NOAA Use of HF Rada
$29,400
Coastal Ocean Circulation Monitoring
Program for Central and Northern
California
Determining the Biological, Physical and
Chemical Characteristics of Ballast
Water Arriving in the San Francisco
Estuary
Determining the Mechanisms Relating
Freshwater Flow and Abundance of
Estuarine Biota. Task 3
Determining the Mechanisms Relating
Freshwater Flow and Abundance of
Estuarine Biota. Task 4
$86,911
$0
$2,590,380
$65,924
$738
$15,723
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w/Choi
Tomoko Komada
Dale Robinson
Jonathon Stillman
NSF
4/1/04-2/28/07
Does Mating Success Determine
Population Growth Rate at Low
Abundance in Marine Copepods?
San Jose State University
Foundation
6/27/06-12/31/07
CALFED
1/1/06-12/31/08
Coastal Plankton NIS
California Dept. of Water
Resources
3/1/07-2/28/09
CALFED
1/1/07/12/31/07
CALFED
4/1/06-3/31/09
NSF
10/1/06-9/30/08
Romberg Tiburon Center
10/1/06-9/30/08
Petroleum Research Fund,
American
1/1/07-8/31-09
DOE
9/1/04-8/31/07
SJSU Foundation
8/1/03-7/31/07
NOAA
6/1/05-5/31/08
NSF
5/1/05-5/31/08
NIH
1/1/07-12/31/07
Dept. of Water Resources
3/1/07-2/28/09
RTC Grant
Expenditures
FY 2006/2007*
**includes subcontracts to other institutions
Foodweb Support for the Threatened
Delta Smelt and other Estuarine
Species in Suisun Bay and the Western
Delta
Zooplankton & Clam Analyses Tasks
1&2
Sea Grant (Lindsay Sullivan)
Modeling the Delta Smelt Population of
the San Francisco Estuary
Elemental Analysis Instruments
Cost Share to Elemental Analysis
Instruments
Sediment Doc-PRF
Photosynthetic Characteristics, Carbon
Metabolism, & Nutrient Requirements
of Phaeocystis antarctica & Diatom
Species from Ross Sea, Antarctica.
CI-CORE
Oceanographic Product Development
Correlating Cardiac Thermal
Performance Limits with
Transcriptome Profiles During Thermal
Acclimation of the Intertidal Porcelain
Crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes
MBRS Score Year 12/ Stillman
Zooplankton & Clam Analysis Task 3
Year 1
$110,869
$31,128
$207,285
$0
$35,664
$268,851
$120,737
$20,629
$19,124
$5,192
$228,741
$48,545
$130,772
$8,827
18,982
$5,125,672
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NERR GRANTS
Research Scientist
Jaime Kooser
Drew Talley
NERR Grant
Expenditures
FY 2006/2007*
Funding Source/
Award Duration (yrs)
NOAA
7/1/06-6/30/07
COSE
7/1/06-6/30/07
NOAA
12/1/01-11/30/06
NOAA
11/1/05-12/31/07
NOAA
11/1/05-12/31/07
NOAA
3/1/07-2/29/08
Proposal Title
SF Bay NERR: Operations, Education
and Monitoring
Cost Match to SF Bay NERR:
Operations, Education and Monitoring
SF Bay NERR: Construction
Reserve Manager Cochlan
Expenses Against
Grants
246,772
$0
$734,974
$905
Reserve Manager Kooser
$30,756
Sea Grant (Christine Whitcraft)
$15,895
$1,029,302
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B. MASTER THESES BY RTC GRADUATE STUDENTS
** Indicates the 6 theses completed in AY 2006-2007
Auro, Maureen – 2007 – Nitrogenous Nutrition and Toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata: A Laboratory and
Field Based Experiment William Cochlan, Advisor. **
Barada, Laila – 2006 - Nitrogen assimilation in diatoms, expression of glnII during eutrophication and simulated
upwelling. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Bills, Jena - 2004 - Is Mid-Ocean Exchange Effective in Preventing the Invasion of Estuaries by Zooplankton from
Ships’ Ballast Tanks? Wim Kimmerer, Advisor
Bogan, Mark – 1997 – Sulfide Detoxification by Catalyzed Oxidation in the Marine Worm Urechis caupo. Alissa
Arp, Advisor
Bouley, Paola – 2005 - The Ecology Of A Highly Abundant, Introduced Estuarine Copepod in the Low-Salinity
Zone of the San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
Brey, Stacy - 2006 - Population Distriburtion and Behavior Study of Golden Gate Freshwater Turtles. Carlos
Crocker, Advisor.
Brown, Harmon – 2001- The Effects of Warm Water Intrusions on the Macrozooplankton and Micronekton of
Georges Bank. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Buchholz, James – 1982 – Nitrogen Flux Between a Developing Salt Marsh and South San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Callaway, John -1990 – The Introduction of Spartina alterniflora in South San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn,
Advisor.
Chamberlain, Sarah – 1995 – Comparison of Methods of Control Spartina alterniflora in San Francisco Bay.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Clay, Tansy – 2003 – Effects of Thin Layers on the Vertical Distribution of Larval Herring (Clupea pallasi).
Stephen Bollens. Advisor
Coffman, Gretchen – 1998 – Natural and Restored Salt Marsh Soil Seed Banks in San Francisco Bay. Michael
Josselyn, Advisor.
Cohen, Sahrye – 2006 – Growth of Native and Non-Indigenous Juvenile Fishes in Restored Versus Reference Tidal
Marsh Wetlands. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Cotter, Karen – 1991 – Removal of Delairea odorata and Recovery of Vegetation on San Francisquito Creek.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
De Souza, Phillip – 1981 – Lignicolous Marine Fungi of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Michael Josselyn,
Advisor.
De Souza, Yvonne – 1981 – Relationship of Salinity to Morphological and Physiological Variation is Estuarine
Populations of Gracilaria verrucose. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Dorman, Jeff – 2002 – Euphausiids of the Northern California Upwelling System. Stephen Bollens, Advisor
Duffield, Joan – 1986 – Waterbird Use of an Urban Stromwater Wetland System in Central California, USA.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Encomio, Vincent – 1998 – Effects of Sulfide and Hypoxia on the Respiratory Physiology of Urechis caupo. Alissa
Arp, Advisor.
Eberl, Renate – 2005 – Macrosetella gracilis: Copepod Abundance, Population-Structure and Association with the
Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Federline Dean, Amy - 2004 - Marshes as a Source or Sink of an Estuarine Mysid: Demographic Patterns and Tidal
Flux of Neomysis kadiakensis at China Camp Marsh, San Francisco Estuary. Stephen Bollens, Advisor
Fiorillo, Adele - 1994 – Effects of Crab Burrowing on Growth of Spartina in San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn,
Advisor.
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Fulmer, Julia – 2004 – Ecology of Chaetognaths and Larval Hake in a Temperate Fjord (Dabob Bay, WA) Stephen
Bollens, Advisor.
Gewant, Darren – 2003 – The Distribution and Composition of Macrozooplankton and Micronekton in San
Francisco Bay. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Gifford, Scott – 2006 – The Ecology of Planktonic Protozoa in Restored Versus Reference Tidal Marsh Wetlands.
Stephen Bollens and Gretchen Rollwagon Bollens, Co-Advisors.
Greer, Philip – 1998 – Seed Depth, Elevation and Sedimentation Effects on Spartina foliosa Germination, Growth
and Mortality. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Grimaldo, Lenny – 2004 – Diets and Carbon Sources of Fishes from Open-water, Edge, and SAV Habitats in
Restored Freshwater Wetlands of San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor
Harris, Holly – 2004 – Distribution and Limiting Factors of Ostrea conchaphila in San Francisco Bay. Mike
McGowan Advisor.
Harrison, Kateri – 2003 – Disturbance and Food-web Structure: 14 Streams in the San Francisco Bay Watershed.
Neo Martinez, Advisor.
Hernandez, John – 2000 - Blood Characteristics of the Marine Echiuran Worm Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Herndon, Julian – 2003 – Nitrogen Uptake by Heterosigma akashiwo: A Laboratory and Field Based Study,
William P. Cochlan, Advisor
Hogue, Vickie – 2000- The Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Natural Phytoplankton Assemblages in Central
San Francisco Bay. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Hooff, Rian – 2002 - Ecology of the Invasive, Predatory Copepod Tortanus dextrilobatus, in San Francisco Bay.
Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Huntington, Brittany – 2006 - Is a macroalga bloom threatening seagrass survival? Responses of seagrass to
increased macroagal dominance in a northern California bay. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.**
Huybrechs, Catherine – 2006 - Detecting Egeria densa using a knowledge engine and spatio-contexual information.
Patricia Foschi, Advisor.
Ignoffo, Toni – 2004 -- Behavioral Responses of Microzooplankton to Vertical Heterogeneity (Thin Layers) in the
Ocean. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Johnson, Amber - 2004 –The effect of Temperature on Silicification in Diatoms. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor
Johnson, Tessa – 2002- The Distribution and Feeding Behavior of Larval Herring in Estuarine Tidal Fronts.
Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Kertesz, Johanna – 2006 - The role of biodiversity in a fluctuating environment. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.
Kieu. Le – 2004 - Seasonal Influence of Salt Marsh Plant on Methylmercury Production and Degradation over
Small Spatial Scales in South San Francisco Bay. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Koch, Florian –2005— Exploring the Use of 32Si in an Urban Estuary: the Fate of Silicate in San Francisco Bay.
Richard Dugdale, Advisor.
Larsson, Brita – 1996 – A Comparative Investigation of Accretion Rates in Spartina alterniflora and Spartina
foliosa. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Lassiter, Adria – 2003- Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Phytoplankton Species in a Coastal Upwelling
Ecosystem. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor.
Long, Regan – 2004 – Northern California Shelf Circulation During January 2003: Possible Implications for Shelf
Retention. Toby Garfield, Advisor.
Lorenzi. Allison – 2006 - Primary Productivity and rbcL gene expression in Central San Francisco Bay. Frances
Wilkerson, Advisor.
Los Hertos, Marc – 1992 – Controls on Patterns of Seasonal Wetland Vegetation, South San Francisco Bay.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
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Lougee, Ladd – 2000- The Effects of Haloclines on Zooplankton in San Francisco Bay. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Martin, Bill –1999- Comparison of Benthic Productivity: Restored and Natural Tidal Marshes, San Francisco Bay.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Martindale, Molly – 1987 – Salicornia europa I. and Salicornia virginica I. on a San Francisco Bay Salt Marsh: A
Study of Factors Contributing to Their Zonation Pattern. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Matsumoto, Yukari - 2004 - The Spatial Patterns and Growth Rates of an Invasive Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
and the Influences on Sedimentation in Alameda Marsh. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
McKinnon, Rodney – 1988 – The Rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) as A Vector of Nutrition in Laval Rearing.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Melton, Lee – 1998 – Computer-assisted Classification of Suburban Areas in Satellite Imagery Through the Use of
Artificial Neural Networks. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
Mills, Camra – 2006- Survey and analysis of the Prevalence and Intensity of Helminth Parasite Infections in
Stranded California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus). Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Mincks, Sarah – 1998- Distribution, Abundance and Feeding of Decapods in the Arabian Sea. Stephen Bollens,
Advisor.
Murray, Alison – 1994 – Community Fingerprint Analysis – A Molecular Method for Studying Marine
Bacterioplankton Diversity. James Hollibaugh, Advisor.
Nguyen, Rosalee – 2006 - Effects of Different Substrates on Foraging Behavior and Growth Rate of larval
green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.**
Odaya, Mami – 2005 – Biomass Estimation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Techniques, A Test Study in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Northern California. Trish Foschi, Advisor.
Papastephanou, Kathy – 2005 - Cross-shelf Distribution of Copepods in the Central California Upwelling Zone.
Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Pearson, Jennifer, 2000. Fish and Mysids in Two Creeks/Estuary Systems in Marin County, California. Advisor
Michael McGowan.
Pence II, William – 1985 – The Effects of Saline Agricultural Drainage Effluent on the Growth of Selected Species
of Estuarine Macroalgae of Northern San Francisco Bay. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Perron-Burdick, Anya – 2007 - Integrated Management Techniques for the Eradication and Control of Lepidium
latifolium (Perennial Peppergrass) in the San Francisco Estuary. Katharyn Boyer, Advisor.**
Perez, Rick – 1981 – Salt Marsh Restoration from Former Salt Evaporators: Changes in Sediment Properties.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Peterson, Heather – 2002 – Long-term Benthic Community Changes in a Highly Invaded Estuary. Wim Kimmerer,
Advisor.
Piechnik, Denise – 2002 – Food Web Assembly During a Classic Biogeographic Study: Fractions of Trophic
Specialists Increase over Time. Neo Martinez, Advisor.
Puleston, Cedric – 2003 – Structural Analyses of the Food Web of Mirror Lake, New Hampshire. Neo Martinez,
Advisor.
Purkerson, David – 2000 – Selenium in San Francisco Bay Zooplankton. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Reed, Tim – 2003 – Analyzing SeaWIFS Using GIS: Phytoplankton Blooms in the Bering Sea, Dale Robinson,
Advisor.
Righetti-Judah, Linda – 2002, In progress- Phytoplankton Community Structure and Seasonal Succession in
Tomales Bay, CA. Frances Wilkerson, Advisor
Roe, Russell – 1999 – Mapping Cover Classes of Baccharis pilularis with Landsat TM Imagery. Trish Foschi,
Advisor.
Roepke, Troy –2001- A New Model for Sulfide Exposure Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Alissa Arp,
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Advisor.
Rogoff, Dana – 2006 – Identification and Characterization of Microbes in South San Francisco Bay Solar Salt
Ponds: An Application for Restoration. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Sanford, Ukina- Sanford – 2006 - The Effects of Anoxia on Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow in Sliders,
Trachemys scripta. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Seto, Shelley – 1997 – Excretion of Sulfide Oxidation Endproducts in Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Shellem, Bernie – 1981 – Physiological Ecology of Entromorpha clathrata (Roth.) Grev. On a Salt Marsh Mudflat.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Speekmann, Christa –2000 - The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Vertical Distribution and Mortality of
Zooplankton. Stephen Bollens, Advisor.
Spicher, Douglas – 1984 – The Ecology of Caespitose Cordgrass (Spartina sp.) Introduced to San Francisco Bay.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Statile, Jennifer - 2004 – H2S Producing Activity in Marine Invertebrate Tissues. Alissa Arp, Advisor.
Stoltz, Gretchen - 2002 – The Biology and Natural History of Pleurobrachia pileus on Georges Bank, Stephen
Bollens, Advisor.
Stierwalt, Robin – 1998- Relationships Between Physiological Response and Shell Morphology in Three Species of
Littorine Snails of the Central California Coast. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Tirindelli, Joelle—2006—Immunogenetic Variation in Estuarine Fish from Habitats with Varying Chemical
Contaminant Loads. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.**
Vaccaro, Erin – 2003 – Structural Analyses of the Lake Tahoe Food Web. Neo Martinez, Advisor.
Ver Steeg, Juliana – 1981 – Contributions to the Taxonomy and Morphology of Cryptopleura
(Rhodophyta:Delesseriaceae). Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Visintainer, Tammie – 2003 – Community Composition and Diet of Fishes as a Function of Tidal Channel Order: A
Field Study in China Camp Marsh, San Francisco Estuary. Stephen Bollens, Advisor
Waters, Wayne G. – 1985- The Effects of Restoration/Management Projects on the Essential Habitat of Five
Endangered Wildlife Species Utilizing the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
White, Brendan – 1995 – The Shorebird Foraging Response to the Eradication of the Introduced Cordgrass,
Spartina alterniflora. Michael Josselyn, Advisor.
Willsie, Julia – 1999 – Sulfite and Thiosulfate are Products of Detoxification in Urechis caupo. Alissa Arp,
Advisor.
Wunderlich, Veronica- 2006. Effects of Elevated Temperature on Hypoxia on Growth of Age-0 Green Sturgeon,
Acipenser medirostris. Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Jennifer Yorty – 2007 – Nitrogen Fixation at Six San Francisco Bay Tidal Wetlands. Edward Carpenter,
Advisor.**
Zaremba, Katie. 2002. Comparison of Native and Non-native Cordgrass and Hybrids in San Francisco Bay.
Michael Josselyn, Advisor
Thesis work in Progress:
Shaun Baesman - The Use of Tellurium Oxyanions by Anaerobic Bacteria with the Formation of Elemental Te
Nanoparticals. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Briggs, Allegra - Mitochondrial COI Analysis of an Invasive Copepod. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
Brown, Johnathan – An Optical Characterization of the Waters of San Francisco Bay. Toby Garfield, Advisor.
Carr, Lindsey - Food Chain Interactions in San Francisco Bay Eelgrass (Zostra marina) Beds: Implications for
Restoration. Kathy Boyer, Advisor.
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Crumb, Esa - Mating system characteristics of two unique populations of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in San
Francisco Bay. Sarah Cohen, Advisor.
Drake, Jeana – Community Structure and Dynamics of Phytoplankton Blooms in Rodeo Lagoon, Golden Gate
National Recreation Area. Ed Carpenter, Advisor.
Durand, John - Population Dynamics of Calanoid Copepods in the Upper San Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer,
Advisor
Glassi, Eric – Thermal influences on gene expression in the intertidal pocelain crab , Petrolisthes cinctipes.
Jonathon Stillman, Advisor.
Gould, Alison – Population dynamics of Limnoithona tetraspina: the Success of an Introduced Copepod in San
Francisco Estuary. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
Lew, Kevin - Methods Development to Apply the CytoSense Flow Cytometer to Evaluating Natural Phytoplankton
Community Structure, Richard Dugdale, Advisor.
Kara, Laurie – Population dynamics of Limnoithona (An Invasive Copepod) in Response to Predation by Corbula
(An Invasive Clam) Within the Low Salinity Zone of the San Francisco Bay. Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
Kiriakopolos, Stephanie – The Role of Environment and Depth in Driving Phenotypic Variation in Zostera marina.
Kathy Boyer Advisor.
Lidstrom, Ulrika - Phytoplankton Identification, Primary Productivity and Ecology. Edward Carpenter, Advisor.
Murphy, Jennifer – Salt Marsh Soil Amendments and Their Effect on Spartina foliosa Restoration around the San
Francisco Bay. Ed Carpenter, Advisor.
Polly, Jonathon - Organic matter degradation in anoxic marine sediments: relationship with substrate radiocarbon
age. Tomoko Komada, Advisor.
Radan, Regina - Nutrient Uptake and Toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidate: A Laboratory and Field Based
Experiment. William Cochlan, Advisor.
Ryan, Ameilia – Salinityh and Nitrogen Interatctions in Sarcocornia pacifica dominated salt marshes. Kathy Boyer,
Advisor.
Silva, Javir - Blood Catecholamine Concentrations in Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) During Air Exposure.
Carlos Crocker, Advisor.
Talianchich, Renny - Modeling Effects of Freshwater Flow on Estuarine Circulation and Juvenile Fish Movement.
Wim Kimmerer, Advisor.
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C. RTC COURSES AND ENROLLMENTS 2002-2007
COURSE
TITLE
INSTRUCT
OR
UNITS
ENROLLMENT
Fall ‘02
Biol 305
Biol 582
Biol 863
Geol 465
Art 546
Marine Animals & Plants of the CA
Biological Oceanography
Ecophysiology of HAB
Physical Oceanography
Kiln Design & Construction
Obrebski
Carpenter
Cochlan
Garfield
Downing
3
3
2
3
3
14
12
5
8
16
Spring ‘03
Biol 502
Biol 862
Geol 452
Biology of the Algae
Experimental Design
Coastal Processes
Wilkerson
Obrebski
Garfield
3
2
3
5
8
5
Martin
Obrebski
1
1
4
4
Summer ‘03
Biol 315
Biol 315
Introduction to Wetland Habitats
Introduction to Ecology of San Francisco
Bay
Total AY 02-03 RTC Enrollment
Fall ‘03
Biol 305
Biol 582
Marine Animals & Plants of the CA
Biological Oceanography
GIS for Environmental Analysis
81
Obrebski
Bollens/
Carpenter
Foschi
3
3
10
10
4
14
Biol 533/
Geog 621
Biol 863
Biol 863
Ecosystems Ecology
Protist Ecology
Wilkerson
Rollwagen
Bollens
2
2
11
7
Spring ‘04
Biol 395
Biol 863
Wetland Ecology
Molecular Approaches
Boyer
Cohen
3
2
6
6
Total AY 03-04 RTC Enrollment
RTC Fall ‘04
Biol 582
Biol 863
Geol 465/765
Biological Oceanography
Marine Symbioses
Physical Oceanography
52
Carpenter
Wilkerson
Garfield
4
2
3
19
10
4
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RTC Spring
‘05
Biol 502
Biol 534
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 865
Chem 877
Biology of Algae
Wetland Ecology
Ecophysiology of HABs
Molecular Marine Ecology and Evolution
Plankton Ecology
Environmental Physiology
Marine Organic Geochemistry
Wetland Science Course Series
RTC Summer
‘05
(taught through CEL)
Biol 9315
Wetland Delineation
Biol 9395
Wetland Restoration Ecology
Biol 9350
Wetland Plant Identification
Biol 9100
GIS for Wetlands
Total AY 04-05 RTC Enrollment
Wilkerson
Boyer
Cochlan
Cohen
Carpenter
Crocker
Komada
3
4
2
2
2
2
3
11
5
5
6
5
8
4
Josselyn
Boyer
Vasey
Reed
4
2
2
2
6
8
6
9
106
RTC Fall ‘05
Biol 582
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biological Oceanography
Adaptations to Coastal Environments
Ecosystems Ecology
Molecular Marine Ecology & Evolution
Carpenter
Stillman
Wilkerson
Cohen
4
2
2
2
20
3
8
5
RTC Spring
‘06
Biol 534
Biol 863
Chem 677
Wetland Ecology
Plankton Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Boyer
Carpenter
Komada
4
2
3
10
4
13
Josselyn
Vasey
1.6 CEU
1.6 CEU
13
14
90
RTC Summer
‘06
Biol 9315
Wetland Delineation
Biol 9350
Wetland Plant Indicator Species
Total AY 05-06 RTC Enrollment
RTC Fall 06
Biol 582
Biol 586
Biol 862
Biol 863
Biol 863
Biol 865
Biol 9350
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology Lab
Topics in Evolution
Aquatic Communities
Marine Symbiosis
Environmental Physiology
Wetland Plant Identification
Carpenter
Cohen
Cohen
Stillman
Wilkerson
Stillman
Vasey
4
1
2
2
2
2
2 CEU
21
5
4
16
10
8
14
RTC Spring 07
Biol 502
Biology of the Algae
Wilkerson
3
10
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Biol 534
Biol 631
Biol 863
Biol 833
Chem 677
Wetland Ecology
Animal Physiology Lab
Plankton Ecology
Current RTC Research
Chemical Oceanography
Boyer
Stillman
Carpenter
Garfield
Komada
Biol 9001
Biol 9007
Biol 9002
Wetland Delineation
Ecology of Invasive Species
Tidal Wetland Hydrology
Coffman
Boyer/Zabin
Kamman/
Kamman
4
2
2
1
3
15
11
4
13
11
4 CEU
.8 CEU
1.6 CEU
18
11
17
RTC Summer
No classes given
07
Total AY 06-07 RTC Enrollment
188
D. COURSES AND ENROLLMENTS TAUGHT BY RTC FACULTY AND
STAFF ON CAMPUS
2002 – 2007
COURSE
Fall’02
Biol 863
Geol 102
Geog 203
TITLE
Marine Symbiosis
Intro to Oceanography
Geographical Measurement
Spring ‘03
Geog 611
Remote Sensing Envir II
Geol 102
Introduction to Oceanography
Geol 415
Computer Techniques
Metr
Intro to Dyn/Syn Metr/Ocean
200/201
Total AY 02-03 Enrollment
Fall ‘03
Biol 160
Biol 585
Biol 612
Biol 630
Biol 865
Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology
Extreme Biology
INSTRUCTOR
UNITS
ENROLLMENT
Wilkerson
Garfield
Foschi
2
3
3
6
32
26
Foschi
Cochlan
Garfield
Garfield
4
3
2
4
15
28
5
15
127
Cochlan
Niesen/Cohen
Crocker
Crocker
Crocker
3
4
3
3
2
48
19
80
50
17
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Spring ‘04
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 240
Introductory Biology
Biol 300
Nature Study
Biol 584
Marine Microbial Ecology
Biol 617
Advanced Topics in Physiology
Biol 865
Extreme Biology
Geol 107/
Introduction to Oceanography
Meter 102
Geog 611
Remote Sensing of Environment II
Total AY 03-04 Enrollment
Fall ‘04
Biol 160
Biol 160
Biol 531
Biol 612
Biol 630
Biol 863
Biol 863
Chem 380
Spring‘05
Biol 240
Biol 160
Biol 160
Metr
200/201
Metr 404
Rollwagon Bollens
Crocker
Wilkerson
Carpenter
Crocker
Crocker
Carpenter
3
5
3
3
3
2
3
101
137
24
13
27
6
54/7 = 61
Foschi
4
9
592
GE Marine Biology
GE Marine Biology
Restoration Ecology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology
Aquatic Communities
Molecular Evol & Conservation
Environmental Pollution
Carpenter
Obrebski
Boyer
Crocker
Crocker
Boyer
Cohen
Komada
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
80
54
21
89
42
9
19
31
Introduction to Biology
Marine Biology
Marine Biology
Intro to Dyn/Syn Metr/Ocean
Crocker
Carpenter
Cochlan
Garfield
5
3
3
4
130
145
47
12
Meteor and Oceanic Observing Techniques
&Systems
Geog 611
Remote Sensing of Environment II
Total AY 04-05 Enrollment
Garfield
12
Foschi
4
17
708
3
74
4
3
3
2
3
3
19
118
36
10
33
27
3
3
3
3
130
25
20
61
Fall ‘05
Biol 160
GE Marine Biology
Bio 532
Biol 612
Biol 630
Biol 865
Chem 380
Geol 102
Restoration Ecology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology
Extreme Biology
Environmental Pollution
Intro to Oceanography
Carpenter/
Cochlan
Boyer
Crocker
Crocker
Crocker
Komada
Garfield
Spring ‘06
Biol 160
Biol 300
Biol 585
Biol 630
Marine Biology
Nature Study
Marine Ecology
Animal Physiology
Cochlan
Wilkerson
Cohen
Stillman
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Metr 490
Remote Sensing for Geologists
Total AY 05-06 Enrollment
Fall ‘06
Biol 160
Biol 532
Biol 863
Chem 320
Chem 380
Metr 200
Metr
465/765
Marine Biology
Restoration Ecology
Aquatic Communities
Modern Methods of Quantitative Chemistry
Environmental Pollution
Introduction to Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Spring ‘07
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 160
Marine Biology
Biol 585
Marine Ecology
Biol 630
Animal Physiology
Total AY 06-06 Enrollment
Garfield
3
9
562
Carpenter
Boyer
Boyer
Komada
Komada
Garfield
Garfield
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
122
22
12
25
14
16
7
Carpenter
Cochlan
Cohen
Stillman
3
3
3
3
109
67
21
65
480
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RTC Spring 2007 Seminar Series
Date
Speaker
Title
Jan 24
Matt Ashby
Taxon/RTC
Karen Edwards
RTC
Understanding Microbial Community Structure
and Function Through Molecular Profiles
Towards defining larval dispersal and
population connectivity on the South East U.S.
Continental Shelf
Comparative physiology meets NIH: Lessons
from clam claws
Age Discrimination in Marine Sediments?
What Natural Radiocarbon Can Tell Us About
Organic Matter Degradation
Reproduction in the Antarctic: Paradigm
Changes in the 20th Century
It's Hard out Here for a Fish: Trials and
Tribulations During Fish Early Life Histories
Jan 31
Feb 7
Feb 14
Feb 28
Mar 14
Jonathon Stillman
RTC
Tomoko Komada
RTC
John Pearse
UCSC
Kevin Stierhoff
NOAA
Host Lab
Mar 21
R. Lidstrom, J. Fuller
RTC graduate students
Mar 28
Anke Mueller-Solger
DWR
Apr 18
Apr 25
RTC
Daniel Schneider
UIUC/UCB
May 9
R. Radan, J. Brown
RTC graduate students
J. Faber, R. Talianchich
TBA
RTC/SERC grad students
This seminar series is funded in part by generous funding from
the RTC Board Members.
May 16
Primary production, biomass and species
composition of phytoplankton in the Low
Salinity Zone of the northern San Francisco
Estuary
Characterizing the Carbonate system in the San
Francisco Bay Estuary
Down in the Delta: Pelagic Organism Decline
and Zooplankton Trends and Diets in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
RTC Poster Social
Using Metapopulation Theory to Control
Invasive Species: The Zebra Mussel in River
and Estuarine Ecosystems
TBA
Stillman
Dugdale,
Wilkerson
Kimmerer
Cohen
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Office and Research Building
Office and Research Building
Research and Education Building
Office and Research Building
Administration Building
Ceramics Department Building
Maintenance, Marine Operations
and Art Department Building
Research and Storage Building
Bay Conference Center
Office and Research Building
Office, Shop, and Storage Facility
Office
Water Tower
Block Building
NOAA Storage Building
Romberg Tiburon
Center For
Environmental Studies
3152 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
(415) 338-6063
rtc.sfsu.edu
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All locations are approximate.
Not to be used for navigation
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Sources: Shoreline and roads from San Francisco
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